An evolutionary biologist would tell you humankind lost their tails twenty-five million years ago.  The janitor of Bonneville Junior High would tell you it was lost sometime after Thomas Edison started flicking on lightbulbs across the country.

One of them is more correct than the other.

He may wander.  He may ramble a bit.  His voice may be cattle-branded by Phillip Morris.  But there's a story in there.  A tale about how humankind only lost their tails 100 years ago.  And consider, if you will, what a tail was originally for - to keep from tipping over.

It's 1987.  The world is feeling a little topsy-turvy.

. . . and we've reached for something else to steady the wobble in the carousel.